First-time visitors to the Tamworth Country Music Festival say they're enjoying the Festival.

Locals, Kizzie and Zoe Lockhart, say although it's hot and there are lots of people around, the atmosphere is the best part of the Festival.

The teenagers spent Monday winding their way up and down Peel Street.

"Yes, we love it, it's a great atmosphere and it's good to see everyone getting out and enjoying the country music," they said.

"This is our first time and it is nice to see what everyone is going on about and we're checking out the local talent."

Interstate visitors to Tamworth are also revelling in the sights and sounds of this year's Festival.

A couple from Geelong, in Victoria, spent Monday seeing everything they could.

They also say it's the first time they've visited the Tamworth Country Music Festival, and they are confident it won't be the last.

"We're well and truly out of town, we're from Geelong and this is our first time ever, so we're seeing everything," they said.

"We've seen busker's, concerts, we've been out to the vines and just feeling the atmosphere, getting into country music, it's great to see how it all comes together here.

And the heat in Tamworth is forcing hundreds of Country Music visitors to the local pool.

Temperatures were approaching 40 degrees in Tamworth on Monday and Tuesday, and at other locations across the North West Slopes and Plains.

Locals say the pool is winning out during the heat of the day, and then they head to the concerts in the cool of the evening.

"Yeah, we like the country music because it's good fun and we enjoy it and we bring the kids down [to Peel Street] during the day and just give them a wander up and down and then sometimes come down a bit later at night and see the concerts in Bicentennial Park," the fans said.

"It's very hot, we've just been to the pool where we spend the morning and then come for a quick walk before we go home for a sleep."

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